Of flooded houses and strained veins: Arathi MR’s Uppuveedukal documents tidal flooding

The exercise seemed pointless. A middle-aged woman was pouring out buckets of sea water flooding her modest house in Kochi to the yard. But the water had risen equally high both indoors and outdoors. Yet, in the wee hours of the night, that’s all she could do to feel some semblance of control.…